what you want to do with a micro chip?
its not like they can be traced
what you want to do with a micro chip?
its not like they can be traced
I thought the whole point of them was that they could be traced.
no, well here they can only be scanned by a vet or animal police with a device which need to held directly above the chip. its useful when a lost dog is brought to shelter for example, easy for them to read the chip and find the owners cell, or to identify it with a pedigree or something. tracable chips would be allot more expensiveOriginally Posted by CA Jack
I see, so they only work if the dog is actually in-hand.
I have never used one before (except when I had to for foreign shipments), but would think that an "advanced" microchip (that could be traced) would be a great means of security ... and then maybe the Glock would come in handy to get any stolen dog back
just called my vet to be sure and he said there aint, but if anyone knows about distance traceable chips id be glad to hear.
Sounds like a good business opportunity for an enterprising dogman ... maybe I will have to see about doing one of these too
it would be big money i tell you, and i think its strange if it doesn't exist already
not only to trace stolen dogs but also lost dogs from all kind of breeds. how often does it happen to people to find their dog dead days or weeks after they lost it in the woods or where ever. now they'd call you jack and you'd be driving across the state with an antenna on a jeep tracking these dogs within a day.
R.F.I.D. chips
for all i know, all dogchips are rfid
more info? i never heard of someone who tracked a dog by chip
There are no microchips on the market today which are traceable. It's basically designed so that if you lose your pet, and it's picked up by animal control, or a good samaritan, they can scan the dog and have all of the owner's information readily at hand. There are a lot of glitches with that system, too, though, in that a lot of people have their dogs microchipped, and then fail to register the microchip, also certain brands of chips can only be read by certain brands of scanners, and no vet's office or animal control keeps all of them in stock, so even if you chip and register your dog, there's still a chance the scanner being used won't pick up the information. Not to mention, if you chip your dog, someone comes along and steals it and then skull drags it or does something else horrible to it, then leaves it on the side of the road, do you really want to get that phone call? If the dog had ANY old scars, you'd be hardpressed to convince someone that your dog was stolen and THEN beat to hell and back.
They DO make collars that can be tracked, bird dog and coondog folks use them, they're just incredibly expensive for a set and I think they only work within a certain radius....
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